[TheForge] Making a Charcoal Kiln

Fri Feb 8 18:08:01 2002

This website I found has an alternative "indirect"
method of making charcoal that seems much easier than
what every one is talking about. It seems this way and
the guy who wrote the article says it is more reliable
and easier to manage. Check it out.

--- Frederick Faller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Found another nice page for charcoal making:
> http://www.velvitoil.com/Charmake.htm
> 
> Frederick
> --- Bruce Freeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This is similar to what others have done, except
> the
> > barrel is usually kept standing on end.  Rolling
> may
> > shatter the charcoal to dust.
> > Bruce
> > NJ
> > 
> > >>> "Jeff Harding" <[email protected]>
> 02/06/02
> > 06:03PM >>>
> > 
> > 
> > I have plans to make a charcoal kiln also. I
> intend
> > to place a steel
> > drum on it's side in a cradle, I can get drums
> with
> > removable heads.
> > Take the head off and stack it about half full of
> > cut hard wood or
> > sticks and twigs broken to straight.  Start a fire
> > under it and roll
> > it over once in a while. If you can keep the smoke
> > coming from the
> > barrel directed into the fire, it will burn, it
> may
> > sustain a flame on
> > it's on out of an orifice.
> > 
> >    Keep the fire going until no smoke is coming
> out,
> > cap the drum and
> > let it cool off... should be full of high quality
> > charcoal.
> > 
> >   Anyone ever tried something like this?
> > 
> >    Jeff   ><>
> > 
> > > Making Charcoal has probably been mentioned
> > before, however, I came
> > across
> > > this web article and thought I would pass it on.
> > >
> > > www.stewardwood.org/resources/DIYcharcoal.htm 
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul McComb
> > > Fat Raccoon Forge
> > > [email protected] 
> > >
> > >
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